Dear Friends,
This one is bit lengthy, but I'm sure, will help many those who are interested
in dealing with current affairs and faith.
The Lust to Clone
Surely, everyone remembers Dolly, the cloned sheep-which is no more, created
by the Rosslyn Institute a few years ago. After the initial wave of excitement
and spirited debate about the ethics of the procedure, people went back to
business as usual.
However, in the years since, aggressive and sometimes rancorous competition
has characterized the work of genetics labs around the world. They are all
running for the prize of having their cloning techniques patented first.
Meanwhile, the procedure has proven risky; clones have frequently been born
unviable. Others have seemed healthy, but soon died of unidentifiable causes.
Several leaders in the genetic research movement have said that human life
should never be risked in this way.
Yet Clonaid, the laboratory sponsored by the Raelians, has for years, been on
a vigorous campaign. Its motto: Oui au Clonage Humain ... Yes To Human
Cloning.
It must not be forgotten that Claude Vorilhon claims to be the son of one of
the Elohim, cloned by them and raised by a human mother.
A private history tells us that his father was a Jewish refugee, and his
mother was a French, Roman Catholic. Yet, his life is dedicated to the
dissemination of a single idea. Namely, that astronauts from other planets
created humanity. His Raelian religion claims to bring the secret of eternal
life to humankind.
Claude's Amazing Adventures
Claude Vorilhon, the founder and leader of the Raelians, is a dashing figure
with a history as a French racecar driver, sports writer and European playboy.
His is the movie-star tale of a handsome young man who met an astronaut, and
obtained secret information. The star-traveler told Claude that from that
moment on, he would be commissioned to carry their torch. He must go forward
with the key to eternal life through cloning!
He first told his story in a 1975 book, entitled Space Aliens Took Me To Their
Planet. Claude's experience happened on December 13, 1973, as he drove his
sports car into the French volcanic mountains above Clermont-Ferrand. There,
he encountered a bell-shaped UFO, which descended and hovered above the ground
near the location where he had parked. A staircase descended from the bottom
of the craft, and a tiny man with black hair and a beard walked out to meet
Claude.
The little man invited Claude to enter his machine. There, they sat down in
two chairs and had a long discussion about why he had been chosen. Then, he
ushered Claude outside and departed, promising to return the next day at the
same time.
The following day, Claude brought pen, paper and (as instructed) a Bible to
the meeting place. The little man explained to him that, In the beginning,
Elohim created the heaven and the earth.
The little man informed his protigi that he was one of the Elohim. Their name
being plural, his was singular: Eloha. In rapid-fire fashion, he educated
young Claude on the truth of the Bible, of which he said, it spoke of
neither God, nor soul. So much for the truth.
The Elohim, he said, were simply scientists. The little man told Claude that
the Elohim used satellites and huge explosions to shape the early Earth. Then
they created animals and people.
They operated in teams and were highly competitive. The humans they fashioned
were cellular creations - nothing else. He said, ... the more skillful among
us wanted to artificially create a man like ourselves. Each team went to work
and soon, we were able to compare our creations. But the people on our planet
were horrified to learn that we were producing 'test tube' babies, whom they
were afraid might one day come to their own planet and cause a panic.
Nevertheless, they went ahead with their work, creating Adam and Eve. The
little man spoke of arguments between the creation teams about how to educate
the new humans. The serpent team wanted to make them as knowledgeable as
their creators. But the Elohim put these serpents in their place, nurturing
the innocent couple and in the process, bringing condemnation to the serpent.
The little man told Claude that the new humans were sent away from their plush
garden and kept from returning by ... several soldiers carrying atomic
disintegrating weapons. In this way, they were kept from gaining access to
valuable scientific information.
For humans, there was no immortality, unless the Elohim rekindled their
cellular life. So the men before the Flood of Noah utilized every trick to
gain the forbidden knowledge that would make them the immortal equals of their
creators. To keep this from happening, the Elohim brought the Great Flood.
For the same reason, they later confused the tongues of the people at Babel,
and destroyed the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. They tested Abraham, gave
Moses his knowledge and created the prophets.
As the little man explained the Bible, in terms of creation by
